Electronic Device and Method for Controlling the Electronic Device

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the application information corresponding to the installed application comprises information including application manifest information and information corresponding to a list of one or more applications installed in the respective external electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one icon corresponding to the at least one identified application further comprises an identifier distinguishing the at least one icon from an icon corresponding to an application installed in the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising reconfiguring information corresponding to installation of the application corresponding to the selected icon to correspond to a format of a package manager of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the application information corresponding to the installed application comprises information including application manifest information and information corresponding to a list of one or more applications installed in the respective external electronic device.

13. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein at least one icon corresponding to the at least one identified application further comprises an identifier distinguishing the at least one icon from an icon corresponding to an application installed in the electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to control the electronic device to reconfigure information corresponding to installation of the application corresponding to the selected icon to correspond to a format of a package manager of the electronic device.